Top 35 Social Impact Startup Investors in Japan (July 2026)

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• Qubitcore — Qubitcore is a pioneering startup founded with the mission of commercializing and advancing the research outcomes of the Quantum Information Physics Experimental Unit, focusing on the practical implementation of quantum technologies in computing, communication, and information processing.
• TricoLogic — TricoLogic is a consultancy that offers technical code coaching, language skills training, and digital marketing services.
• Yosemite — Yosemite is a wellness company that provides health and wellness products, supplements, skincare, and personal care items.

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• Tacoms — CAMEL is a service that allows you to easily manage orders from multiple food delivery / takeout services on a single tablet.
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• Smile Robotics — Smile Robotics provides Service Robots in Japan.

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• Ikura — Ikura is a travel company that provides personalized travel experiences, connecting travelers with local communities and businesses.
• LQUOM — QWAVE offers cryptography communication technology.
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• Kikuvi — Kikuvi develops an AI-driven interview agent that automates question design, execution, and analysis. It eliminates the effort of listening, allowing users to focus their time on decision-making and creativity.
• Henry — Henry develops and provides a cloud-based electronic medical record and receipt system for small and medium-sized hospitals.
• Leaner Technologies — Leaner Technologies provides cloud-based software for cost reduction analysis.

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• Clouted — Clout Kitchen is THE Virality Engine for brands and creators, designing data-driven viral campaigns with distribution marketing.
• ElevationSpace — ElevationSpace offers high quality & well equipped workspaces giving tenants a nurturing environment .
• Mjolnir Spaceworks — Mjolnir Spaceworks desings and manufactures state-of-the-art novel space rockets with efficient engines as well as other space equipments.

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• xCARE — xCARE specializes in the development and commercialization phases of the pharmaceutical and medical device industries.
• Yellow Blue — Yellow Blue develops and operates "Blue One," a next-generation AI translation service designed for professionals.

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• bgrass — bgrass is a consultation support platform for women working in the IT industry.
• Kids Snack Lab — Kids Snack Lab is a food manufacturing firm that produces and sells nutritional sweets for children.
• Metaverse Creators — Metaverse Creators is a feature-rich virtual platform providing gamers with a wide range of games, creation tools, and avatar editing tools.

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• Ababa — Ababa provides recruitment and employment solutions.
• PlaceHolder — Placeholder is a space value creation company that provides people with inspiring and exciting experiences by fusing digital technology and real space.
• RICOS — RICOS is a tech company that optimizes manufacturing processes using AI, simulation, and high-performance computing technologies.

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• CLACK — CLACK provides digital, AI, and career education programs for junior and senior high school students facing challenges such as financial hardship, caregiving responsibilities, bullying, single-parent households, chronic absenteeism, and developmental disorders. It operates creative hubs in Osaka and Tokyo that offer safe spaces, digital equipment,and mentoring. The organization runs programming and AI trial workshops, Tech Runway and Tech Runway+ three‑month courses, the Be Pro pre-employment program, and quest, an IT outsourcing program for alumni. It also delivers mirAI for Japan, an AI training program for high school teachers, and manages a laptop donation and reuse initiative for students. Funding comes from donations, partnerships, and in-kind contributions such as used PCs.

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• EEFUL — EEFUL is a social venture firm that focuses on providing digital content and services for seniors, including recreational programs.

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• Rehabilitation 3.0 — Rehabilitation 3.0 focuses on a preventive medical system that provides AI assessment and tracking on health, exercise, mood, and wellness.
• Movus Technologies — Movus Technologies Indonesia is automotive company that provides car ownership rental services.

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• AgeWell Japan — Age Well Japan is a conference and festival aimed at understanding Japan's super-aged society and defining new values for the future. The purpose of the gathering is to bring together young people and the elderly to exchange ideas.

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• bgrass — bgrass is a consultation support platform for women working in the IT industry.
• Treasure in Stomach — Treasure in Stomach is a food manufacturing company that develops vegan, gluten-free, and Muslim-friendly products and content.

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• AgeWell Japan — Age Well Japan is a conference and festival aimed at understanding Japan's super-aged society and defining new values for the future. The purpose of the gathering is to bring together young people and the elderly to exchange ideas.

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• Nealle — Nealle offers business development, business planning and consulting services.
• BETA — BETA is a media company that provides HRDX support business and video production services.
• EUV Photon — EUV Photon is an irradiation services company that conducts processing, evaluation, and measurement of materials for EUV lights.

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• AgeWell Japan — Age Well Japan is a conference and festival aimed at understanding Japan's super-aged society and defining new values for the future. The purpose of the gathering is to bring together young people and the elderly to exchange ideas.
• Mediclo — Mediclo is a real estate company that provides renting, property management, and B2C services.
• Otetsutabi — Otetsutabi is a regional revitalization platform that offers the opportunity for participants to help at accommodations and breweries in rural areas that struggle with seasonal labor shortages. The locals offer transportation expenses and places to stay in return, so participants can travel to the areas with ease.

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• AiCAN — AiCAN provides system planning and development, data analysis, IT, and consulting services related to child welfare.
• Gab — Gab is a company that works to solve social problems as well as develops and markets ethical products.
• ForestFolks — ForestFolks Provider of forest management and conservation services aimed at protecting forestry and the environment.The company exploits and successfully employs the forest's CO2 absorption potential and conserves and recovers forest resources and biodiversity, allowing for regulatory compliance and supporting environmental protection.

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• AVIATE —
• Nicoli — Nicoli is a company that creates content and advertisements that increase happy time for parents and children .

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• AiCAN — AiCAN provides system planning and development, data analysis, IT, and consulting services related to child welfare.
• CureApp — CureApp is a digital health startup.The firm is one of the leading players in the medical app vertical under the theme of “app exhibits therapeutic effects against diseases” and launched a nicotine addiction treatment app in February 2015, which was jointly developed with Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Keio University’s School of Medicine. It iscurrently conducting clinical trials in many locations.
• kokohore Japan — kokohore Japan offers advertising services intended to help companies sell their products. They provide custom-made promotion planning, provide the content to the media to plan and manage owned media, and assist in product development, providing businesses with the assistance they need to survive.

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• bellFace — bellFace is an InsideSales System specialized targetted for Business to business sales customer support.No log in, no installation required. No matter where you are, it connects in 5 seconds becacuse it operates in the browser (patented). The audio system is connected through the telephone lines, there is no interruption like with Web meetingsystems. bellFace which is specific to sales, comes with document sharing and script function, so your experience is just like face to face communication . It is also suited for inside sales.
• WineBank — "WineBank" is a real-time online wine management and investment solution that we offer. In addition to operating a restaurant, it runs a sales company for food, drink, and other items.
• LIGHT-RIGHT — LIGHT-RIGHT focused on developing services that help local communities adapt to the challenges of a declining population.

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• Pictoria — Pictoria produce total events for entertainment.They handle a wide range of events, from talk events to events using advanced technologies such as 3D motion capture.
• Media Aid — Media Aid is an advertising agency that provides recruitment, marketing, web creation, and SNS management services
• Tokyo Artisan Intelligence — Tokyo Artisan Intelligence develops od purely domestic AI high-speed code generation tools as part of deep learning and hardware research. Their objectives are to contribute to the development of new computational technology and its application in society, particularly by providing experts through the training of doctoral students.

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• AgeWell Japan — Age Well Japan is a conference and festival aimed at understanding Japan's super-aged society and defining new values for the future. The purpose of the gathering is to bring together young people and the elderly to exchange ideas.

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• bgrass — bgrass is a consultation support platform for women working in the IT industry.

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• AgeWell Japan — Age Well Japan is a conference and festival aimed at understanding Japan's super-aged society and defining new values for the future. The purpose of the gathering is to bring together young people and the elderly to exchange ideas.

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• Bgrass — bgrass is a consultation support platform for women working in the IT industry.
• Blankr — Blankr inc has developed an application called Raidli. Using the app, Vtubers can hold a virtual handshake event.
• Tripi — Tripi provides travel media and digital marketing services, as well as the accommodation gift service.

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• bgrass — bgrass is a consultation support platform for women working in the IT industry.

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• bgrass — bgrass is a consultation support platform for women working in the IT industry.
• Tooon — Tooon Inc. is a technology company that deals with development and operations of business management tools .

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• AgeWell Japan — Age Well Japan is a conference and festival aimed at understanding Japan's super-aged society and defining new values for the future. The purpose of the gathering is to bring together young people and the elderly to exchange ideas.
• Towing — Towing is an agricultural company that provides farming, manufacturing, and recycling services.

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• CELLORB — CELLORB provides player management, sports event planning, and event management services.
• L&F — L&F is a real estate company that develops rental portals and tools for vacant houses, family trusts, and rental property management.
• Illumi Medical — Illumi Medical is a manufacturing company that produces medical equipment and devices for the healthcare sector.

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• Sazo — Sazo specializes in constructing a global e-commerce and logistics network with AI.
• KAUCHE — KAUCHE is a social commerce app. They provide services for online and mail-order retail shops. Their customers' inquiries are addressed through phone, email, and online applications.
• NEXT NEW WORLD — NEXT NEW WORLD develops and manufactures natural products with low impact on the environment. It uses sustainable Japanese silk to manufacture apparel and cosmetic products.

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• AgeWell Japan — Age Well Japan is a conference and festival aimed at understanding Japan's super-aged society and defining new values for the future. The purpose of the gathering is to bring together young people and the elderly to exchange ideas.

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• Amidex — Amidex is a dental care facility that treats dental problems with contemporary tools and technology.
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• Compass — Compass is a Solve problems in the local labor market with Consultation x Technology

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• Kaimak — Kaymak is a recruitment platform that focuses on creating a recruitment website, planning a recruitment strategy, and managing candidates.
• AgeWell Japan — Age Well Japan is a conference and festival aimed at understanding Japan's super-aged society and defining new values for the future. The purpose of the gathering is to bring together young people and the elderly to exchange ideas.
• Compass — Compass is a Solve problems in the local labor market with Consultation x Technology

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• bgrass — bgrass is a consultation support platform for women working in the IT industry.
• YStory — YStory is a digital health firm that uses AI and medical science to improve women's health during menopause.
• Sage Haven — Sage Haven develops an AI-moderated messaging and calling app designed for children in their early years online. The app issues children a dedicated Sage Haven number and routes messaging and voice calls through its platform while allowing contacts to use services like iMessage or Google Messages. Parents create and verify accounts, approve eachcontact, and supervise conversations from their own phones with alerts, recaps, and safety insights. The service uses automated content moderation to block harmful or inappropriate messages, links, images, and videos before they are sent and to guide children toward safer communication practices. It supports Wi-Fi and cellular use on iOS devices, with tools aimed at reducing exposure to online bullying, spam, and addictive usage patterns. Sage Haven operates as a public benefit corporation balancing commercial activity with a mission to improve children’s mental health and well-being.

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• STYZ — Styz is a non-profit service platform that creates money flow and socially inclusive design methods for new and existing businesses.
• ReEir — ReEir is a research firm that develops global regenerative medicine and cell therapy products for ulcer patients.
• Piazza — PIAZZA deploy the regional platform PIAZZA.